Three-dimensional optical sensing network written in fused silica glass with femtosecond laser

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 14015-14023

  Zhang, Haibin ^a   Ho, Stephen ^a   Eaton, Shane M ^a   Li, Jianzhao ^a   Herman, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS; MEMS; SILICA; TEMPERATURE SENSORS; ULTRAFAST LASERS;

GRATING WAVEGUIDES; INTERNAL SENSORS; LASER MODIFICATIONS; MULTI-WAVELENGTHS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STRAIN AND TEMPERATURE SENSING; STRAIN-COMPENSATED; TEMPERATURE AND STRAIN DISTRIBUTIONS;

FUSED SILICA;

GLASS; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; MECHANICAL STRESS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REFRACTOMETRY; TEMPERATURE; TRANSDUCER;

ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GLASS; LASERS; REFRACTOMETRY; SILICON DIOXIDE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TEMPERATURE; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 51149118427     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.014015     Document Type: Article

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